Which of These Might Be a Reason Not to Turn

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of these might be a reason not to turn the trolley?

• A) The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.
• B) Turning the trolley is making an active choice to kill the one person, which might be considered worse than merely passively allowing the deaths of the five people.
• C) The driver of the trolley has a special duty to protect passengers as well as workers on the trolley lines.
• D) Saving five lives is the better choice, even at the cost of one person's death.

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